Wednesday, December 23, 2009

No No No No No No No No No

Just received an e-mail from The Weather Channel:

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 4 PM CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 4 PM CST THURSDAY.

A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH AREAS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS TRANSITIONING TO AREAS OF SNOW DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY. AREAS GENERALLY FROM EASTLAND TO MINERAL WELLS TO SHERMAN WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWS INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE GROUND TEMPERATURES MAY BE AT OR ABOVE FREEZING FOR MOST OF THE DAY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...DESPITE THE LACK OF SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS. THIS WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. EXTREME CAUTION IS ADVISED IF YOU MUST TRAVEL.


WTF? This is Texas, right? This does not make me happy. Although it's probably punishment for having SO enjoyed the warm balmy weather outdoors today. I shouldn't have reveled in it, should I have?

[sigh] I am just not a winter person, I suppose. Give me tropical warmth any day, and you snow people can keep your white cold death.

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